Nice central downtown location

We only stayed in Vancouver for 2 nights. Not knowing much about the area, we booked this hotel through Expedia. It's about a 20 minute taxi ride from the airport, and about 1.5 miles from the port to embark/debark Alaskan cruise ships. We had no complaints with the hotel. The staff was helpful, and it was clean, which is my personal priority. It is a decent location that seems pretty quiet, but within 1-1.5 miles walking distance from shops/bars/restaurants. The beginning of the Stanley Park trail (gorgeous seaside biking/hiking trail) is about 1 mile away. We rented bikes (shop is 2 blocks away from the hotel) and took a ride around the park, and then south across the bridge to Granville Island for lunch and drinks, and then through Olympic Village. It's an easy ride with beautiful scenery. Overall, with stopping to eat and explore shops, it took ~4 hours. The hotel is also about 1.5 miles away from Gastown, with small boutique shops and gastropubs, and only about 1 mile from the main street with your general outdoor mall shops.

5 out of 5

Recommended for Everyone

by A verified traveler from St. Louis, MO

Spectacular View and lots of space!

Posted Jul 26, 2015

Pros: The front desk staff, the location, and the view.

Cons: More electrical outlets accessible in the rooms.

This was our first trip to Vancouver as we were disembarking from our cruise ship. Convenient location and so accommodating! We arrived at our hotel before 9:30 a.m. and our room on the 25th floor was ready for our arrival. The hotel was quiet, the elevators were fast for a 40+ floor building. We were able to catch the Hop-On, Hop-Off bus right across the street from the hotel, walked a couple blocks to harbor and seawall, surrounded by great restaurants and a grocery story just a couple of blocks south of the hotel. The bed was comfortable and the room was clean and quite spacious, although it is an older property and some conveniences you might have in newer hotels are not there and the decor of the bath and room are quite dated. But, if you are visiting the beautiful city of Vancouver why would you be hanging out in your hotel room?

3 out of 5

Recommended for Everyone

by A verified traveler from Virginia

Amazing view from room.

Posted Jul 24, 2015

Cons: The lack of hot water was a significant issue.

The facility is older but very clean. We did not have hot water to our room for the first night without any adjustment to the room rate or other service recovery effort. The view from the room was beautiful. Good walking location in relation to Stanley Park. The rooftop restaurant served a very nice breakfast buffet.

2 out of 5

by A verified traveler from Parksville BC

hotel close to beach, great view.

Posted Jul 22, 2015

Pros: The view

Cons: The hotel is old time for renovating the rooms. They feel old, smell old, not a feeling I want when tired and travelling all day.

Location: Location is good! close to beach and walking distance to Granville St. shopping at Robson...

Overpriced for an old,smelly, small room. Old inside. Bathroom very small cold shower-water heater broke down. I enjoyed the view immensely but not the room. Very disappointing. (Normally I stay at Blue Horizon which I love.) I would stay there again only if the prices dropped considerably.

Location great

The location of this hotel is really great, easy walking distance to Stanley Park, downtown shopping, Cathedral, etc. The room, while clean, is really worn, toilet ran non stop unless you took the top off the tank lid and put the flap down. Cracks in shower and just overall age showing. This hotel really is in need of a renovation in their rooms. Bed was surprisingly good though.

5 out of 5

Recommended for Everyone

by A verified traveler

Great location - close enough to walk everywhere.

Posted Jul 20, 2015

Pros: Location

Perfect location. Bus stop across the street but close enough to walk to several great attractions like Stanley Park or the ferry to Granville Island.